The Behind the Scenes Pic of the Day features Chaplin in the snow!

It’s always a bit tricky posting silent behind the scenes images as I can’t rely on movie quotes for my tricksy headlines and teases at the end of each article, but Chaplin’s The Gold Rush is one of my favorites from this era (although it doesn’t edge out The General. Sorry, Charlie) and this pic is pretty great, especially when you consider it’s 87-88 years old now.

You know, this film was released almost 20 years after it came out, with added score (composed by Chaplin himself, with Max Ter) and voice over narration. And it won Oscars for it! With all the convoluted bullshit rules in place now you’d never see something like that happen today.

Anyway, that’s a nice little bit of trivia to along with this rad-ass pic!

..sorry but he pissed all over chaplin.
an chaplin was the weakest of that generation, just cos he was the most prolific in his output just meant he was 2 movies away from his batman opus..fatty arbuclle as the penguin would be sweet, but james finlayson as gordon woul have took me out of stans take of the dark knight....rising?

Christ, must we have one of you on every thread. Lloyd made some better sequences than Chaplain--Charlie was a true filmmaker. His movies were much, much better as a whole--and he is remembered as a genius director as a reason--the other guy--not so much. Stop watching youtube clips of their work and actually watch an entire film and you would know this.

yay those are the only movies that are good, or ever even exist. WHITE PEOPLE MOVIES!
I can just about guarantee that 99.9% of these movies you have shown were directed by White Men.
whats funny is you dont even recognize you are being racially biased. doesnt even fucking dawn on you.
this site fucking sucks.

Used to adore BUSTER KEATON, HAROLD LLOYD, KEYSTONE KOPS et al. And they're still a joy to watch when I manage to catch them again (especially LAUREL & HARDY, although I guess they're more talkies).
But CHAPLIN is technical perfection, awesomely clever and admirable, but I just sit there quietly impressed rather than roaringly entertained.
Don't think I'm the only one either. Just honest.